Open Door Youth Services exists to respond to the needs of vulnerable children and youth. It has been helping the Floyd County community for 30 years through residential, prevention and outreach programs that add positive influences to the lives of young people.

Open Door Youth Services gives troubled children a safe, supportive place to live. Some children stay a couple of days and some have to stay for months or years.

There is also an after-school program in area elementary schools that provides prevention education to children utilizing a social decision-making model.

Teen Court is another service provided. It is a deterrent program targeting first-time offenders. Teen Court is a legally binding court that uses youth volunteers as the court participants instead of adults.

Seventeen children ages 6-19 currently live at the shelter. Its maximum capacity is 18. Some of the children are waiting for foster care, some are going through mental evaluations, some were brought by child service for abuse in the home, and some aged out of the system and are in collaborative care until they finish school.

HOPES TO USE ITS PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE PROMOTING THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN. HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE OPEN DOOR YOUTH SERVICES IN NEW ALBANY, INDIANA IS BARRY WINSTEAD. WHAT IS OPEN DOOR YOUTH SERVICES? OPEN DOOR YOUTH SERVICES EXISTS TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS AND PROMOTE THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH. IT HAS BEEN HELPING THE FLOYD COUNTY COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS THROUGH RESIDENTIAL, PREVENTION, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT ADD POSITIVE INFLUENCES TO THE LIVES OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS DO YOU OFFER? RESIDENTIAL: Open Door Youth Services gives TROUBLED CHILDREN a safe, supportive place to live. Some children stay a couple of days and some have to stay for months or even years. NEW DIRECTIONS: AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IN AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT PROBIDES PREVENTION EDUCATION TO CHILDREN UTILIZING SOCIAL DECISION MAKING MODEL. TEEN COURT: DETERRENT PROGRAM TARGETING FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. Teen Court is a legally binding court that uses youth volunteers as the court participants instead of adults. COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE LIVING AT OPEN DOOR RIGHT NOW? 17 CHILDREN FROM AGE 6- 19 LIVE IN THE SHELTER. 18 IS OUR MAX. SOME ARE WAITING ON FOSTER CARE, SOME ARE GOING THROUGH MENTAL EVALUATIONS, SOME WERE BROUGHT BY CHILD SERVICE FOR ABUSE IN THE HOME, AND SOME AGED OUT OF THE SUSTEM AND ARE IN COLLABORATIVE CARE UNTIL THEY FINISH SCHOOL. WHAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE? MENTORING, VOLUNTEERING AS RESIDENTIAL STAFF, GARDENING, CHURCH GROUPS, CIVIC GROUPS, AND CO-WORKERS ARE WELCOME TO VOLUNTEER. WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND RESIDENTIAL STAFF, GARDENING, CHURCH GROUPS, CIVIC GROUPS, AND CO-WORKERS ARE WELCOME TO VOLUNTEER. WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM? THERE'S A LINK AT WLKY.COM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION SERVICES, YOU'LL FIND A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE AT W-L-K-Y-DOT-COM.